For my son's 6th bday his aunt got him an itouch and it was perfect. Plays music, movies and games. The fact it has a built in speaker is huge, especially because I am concerned about headphones. Someone else got him a simple speaker dock, so he can put the touch in and rock out!

What the hell? When I was five years old I sure as heck wasn't listening to the latest pop group. Have times changed so much?

He's an Irish step dancer and wants to listen to his music and dance. Also, he loves listening to Sesame Street songs. One who is of adult age can only here Elmo's song so many times before becoming violently psychotic so it would be nice if he could listen to it himself.

The Sanza Fuze wouldn't be a bad choice either. It's small, cheap, rugged and easy to use. Thanks to the micro sd card slot you can buy the 2gb model and add more storage at any time cheaply and easily. As a bonus, on Amazon you can get these nifty clear hard cases for really cheap that really do a great job of protecting the player.